>From what I've seen, these nimhs are made up of multiples of 1.2V nimhs,
tack welded together. This is normal. Vartas look like elongated button
batteries. GB brand are plastic cells. Nicads maintain burst ability much
better than NiMH. I've got guys who shoot all day on nicad but with
constant use, had gotten less than 10 rolls on a charge with nimh.
This is why I added some info to my Service Information page. These
properties alone are keeping some from switching to (the currently available
capacity) of NiMH.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 9:27 AM
Subject: [OM] Help on M.15V upgrade
| OK, I'm stuck. I have the thing disassembled just fine and went to take
| apart the NiMH. I expected to find something like rectangular button
| cells -- meaning cells encased in metal.
|
| Instead, I found one big plastic 'outer container' with 7 individual, very
| messy, cells inside. It looks like they just put them all together in the
| bigger case.
|
| Is this right? Should they be these wierd cells that leak what I expect
is
| toxic chemicals all over my hands? I couldn't find the recommended Vartas
| locally, so these are just noname NiMH. I suspect that is the problem.
|
| Could someone that has done this before describe the cells for me?
|
| Also, I noticed in the FAQ that some people use NiMH and some use NiCad.
I
| understand that the NiCads will do sustained bursts better and that the
NiMH
| doesn't have the memory effect. Other than that, what is the advantage of
| one over the other.
|
| I'm glad I opened it up, though. The NiCads were leaking and I had to
spend
| some time cleaning them up.
|
| Tom
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